Our daughter drinks so much soy milk (we water it down to limit it to 1 litre a day ), that and the fact that her favourite vegetable is broccolli. Our Nutritionist felt that she is recieving adequate calcium.

I recently found out that blackstrap molasses has quite a lot of calcium in it as well as other nutrients. (I looked up the info. on http://www.nutritiondata.com) I forget the exact amount...but it seems to me that 1 tbsp has around 20% of one's daily recommended allowance of calcium. It has to be specifically blackstrap molasses, though--regular molasses doesn't have nearly as much.

I bought the Caltrate soft chews for my son and daughter and both did not care for them. My son is allergic to milk but I think meets his calcium needs drinking So Good. My daughter gets a stomach ache drinking milk but can tolerate yogurt, cheese, etc so I guess she is intolerent of milk. My daughter does not like Soy milk. She does not meet her calcium needs so I need to find a supplement for her. She has also tried Mega Cal Calcium (60 Swiss Milk Chocolate Soft Chews) and does not like that either. I am not sure if it has milk in it or not (the Mega Cal Calcium) so I would not give that one to my milk allergic son. I will start looking again for a supplement so if I am successful I will let you know.

I use one from the brand SISU and it's sold at Loblaws. It's a liquid and has 3 flavors: strawberry, vanilla and mint. I checked with the company and it has no milk, eggs, fish, shellfish. You could try that one see if she likes it.

bev, just from reading your post I'm wondering whether your daughter could be lactose intolerant. i know a few people who are---milk is bad news for them (unless it is lactose free milk (which contains an enzyme which breaks down the lactose)), but yogurt and cheese have less lactose so they are more easily tolerated.

Yeah Lisa, I think she is lactose intolerant. I don't think you can be tested for that? I am assuming it is diagnosed by your symptoms. I have never gone to the doctor about it but just came to the conclusion myself. Thanks Mylene, I may look for that one. She does have yogurt/cheese and orange juice with calcium daily but I am sure she is not meeting her total calcium requirements. One supplement for her daily would do.

Just for those reading old posts: my understanding is that products like Tums are not recommended since their first-line use is not to be a calcium supplement but to treat acid indigestion, and it can muck up an otherwise healthy stomach to take these on a regular basis when you don't need to.

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